Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-10-10
BOOMS IN CALIFORNIA.
A yarity of Anecdotes-what the
Irfshman offered to Do.

Denlnu INe counter mOaSulluS uIeSs
patterns and ribbons and things, could
not get it out of his head. The lady
was buying piece of dress goods.
How much did you say there was in |
the piece?" she asked.
Fifteen yards, ma
''Oh, that's too much.
You can cut it up and sell it in town
lots, ma am"
Then he recovered and apologiZed.
Neither of them went much on the
boom. The Irishman had little ranch
near San Jose. and some time ago,
when the boom was very. very young,
the city man made him a little pro-
position. He offered 81. 0O0 The
lrisman wanted Sc. 900 and as they
could not agree the city man went back
home and the Irishman stuck to his
ranch. But the city man got q little
more faith, and he thought that the
owner of the ranch might perhaps be-
willing to let it 60 in spite OF the
/ growth of the boom. 1t was some way
| out, and the Irishman was quiet re-
! tiring sort of a man, not much In town.
/ So he went down again and called at
! the ranch.
"Well, how is itp"
..Oh," said the Irishman, they're
talkin' about the boom, but don't 60
much on BOOM"
"And you're still willing to sell your
ranch?"
90 yes. Booms is all well enough;
but gold coins pretty scarce, and 1t
looks better than paper"
You're right This boom looks
we'll, but 1 guess moneys the best
talker"
ITO be sure it is"
"Well. / want to invest a little
money. don't 60 cent on the boom.
YOU understand. l don't want any
boom prices. Pm willing to give you
$4,000"
That's a raise, isn't itp''
"Yes; it's raise. and not bad
raise at that"
Il asked you $4,000. didn't IP"
Yes"
"Well, of course, 1 don't 60 cent
on the boom. but you can't expect me
to come down in my price
There's some sense In that All
right; $1,000 shan't part US. III take
it at S6.OOO."
The Irishman scratched his head.
The city man felt kind of q glow &C
through him.
"ril tell you what I'll do" said the
Irishman; 'you give me $4,000 and
,, the boom can go to-!
The female sex are all in this land
7 boom. Well. it will help to solve q
| very troublesome question. Men have
, ALWAYS had to get houses and lots te
have q home to bring their wives to
1t has always except in a few odC
cases. been expected that the man viii
l come to the woman, 90 down on hi:
knees and say:
RESPECTED madam, / would MARI,
!. thee. I have q house furnished; l hav'
money in the bank; l can give you
) little home, over which you shall rul
|, as queen. Come az . be my wife,
1 Then the young woman packed al
!. her clothes and took away from tn
|. house of her father and mother all tn
little bric-a-brac other fellows ha
given her, and fitted off to rule in he
g own little domain. Now for smal
s amount a woman can buy lot; sh
n can for another small sum build
q house, and for a third small sum full
=. nish it. Then she can go up to ma
~ who hasn't any home but lodgings an
o who lives at q restaurant, and take hi
W by the arm and say:
n RESPECTED sir, have a house an
,r lot close by q cable-car line. l wou
!. marry thee. | can give you home
= is a home, where You can reign as kim
). where you can get something to eat
e is worth eating; where you'll be hapl
% as a clam" =.
1. Then the man will 60 home and gi'
:. his landlady q weeks notice, buy ne
- suit of clothes. burn all his knickknac
W given him by other girls. and move in
at the house and lot. and when the XIII
begin to assert his authority in tn
25x120 kingdom. the queen will get
and put on her crown, and get hold
-. her scepter. and bang it over his he
and say: :.
as "There amt no Salic law in this kin
st dom, 1 reckon.
as Then it will be millennium time I
ct women.
~ But ministers have caught {
~ boom. They withdraw their attenti
'o from mansions in the skies long enou
as TO invest in lots out at the park a
ee elsewhere. 1t was Monday morning, a
ut the two ministers were on the San Jc
"a train. Perhaps it was merely an &C
dent that thev were on the San Jt
NO train. and perhaps the boom in Sal
he Clara valley had not ;ug to do W
ed their being there. But l doubt
ID They were talking about lots and hi
On dreds of dollars and profits and otl
things that suggest worldly train
III Thought. 1t was Monday. One
'as them had just said: -,
tn Il saw in yesterdays Chronicle Il
'en lots were selling
:. When he caught sight of somebC
arc looking and listening. DE lmmedia
80, ly added:
set "Not that read the Sunday papt
the except sometimes of Monday mo
tile ing.
tba Something has got to be done to
ch this state properly known in the e
81 A friend of mine has just come b
to- from a tour which took him as IA
but New Orleans. He met a gentiel
ck- there who very civilly asked him WI
No he belonged to and where he was
ing.
"California, he said.
.CaIifornia?" said the New Orle
man. California? Let me see. I'll
ady in Los Angeles, isn't itP"
INT IL raad to he but now Los Angel,